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To the crisis in eastern ukraine. sarah rainsford reports from kyiv. distant explosions. these drills in belarus were meant to end with russian tanks rolling back to their bases. but all this firepower is now staying put indefinitely, not farfrom ukraine's border. in a crisis that's all about signalling, this is russia refusing to de—escalate. let's really take a moment to understand the significance of what we're talking about. it has been over 70 years and, through those 70 years, as i mentioned yesterday, there has been peace and security. we are talking about the real possibility of war ...

Possibility of war in europe. russia is talking up the danger, too, helping evacuate women and children from the breakaway regions of ukraine it controls, claiming kyiv is planning an attack there. so president macron phoned vladimir putin today. the kremlin did agree to continue seeking a diplomatic solution, but its troops are still in place, despite the threat of sanctions. we have to accept at the moment that vladimir putin is possibly thinking... ..illogically about this and doesn't see the disaster ahead. and i think it's vital for us all now to get over what a catastrophe it would be fo...

To their bases. but all this firepower is now staying put, indefinitely. not far from ukraine's border. in a crisis that is all about signalling, this is russia refusing to de—escalate. let's really take a moment to understand the significance of what we are talking about. it has been over 70 years and through those 70 years, as i mentioned yesterday, there has been peace and security. we're talking about the real possibility of war in europe. russia is talking up the danger too. helping to evacuate women and children from the breakaway regions of ukraine it controls, claiming kyiv is planni...

Too, helping evacuate women and children from the breakaway regions of ukraine it controls, claiming kyiv is planning an attack there. so president macron phoned vladimir putin today. the kremlin did agree to continue seeking a diplomatic solution, but its troops are still in place, despite the threat of sanctions. we have to accept at the moment that vladimir putin is possibly thinking... ..illogically about this and doesn't see the disaster ahead. and i think it's vital for us all now to get over what a catastrophe it would be for russia. but for russia, this is all about pulling ukraine bac...

Ukraine supply giver continued uninterrupted, quite literally dollars, euros and pounds are flowing into the kremlin and companies it controls, selling its main export as the western world decries what russia is doing with the funding. so there is no embargo on russian energy exports but there was for saddam hussein's iraq when he invaded kuwait. serious sanctions that could cripple the russian economy would also have a painful and material impact on britain, on the rest of europe, politically, economically and socially. faisal islam, bbc news. nathan piper is the head of oil and gas research ...